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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Delvin?
(a) In his late twenties.
(b) In his early forties.
(c) In his late thirties.
(d) About 32.

2. What were tied to the lattice work between the arches?
(a) Ragged silk flags.
(b) White silk handkerchiefs.
(c) Small crosses.
(d) Ragged pieces of ribbon.

3. What was the song that Dan chanted about?
(a) Indian legends.
(b) Great Indian chiefs.
(c) It was an Indian love song.
(d) Anger and tears.

4. According to Indians what people are closest to God?
(a) Babies and old people.
(b) Chiefs and Medicine men.
(c) Warriors and Ghost dancers.
(d) Teenagers and Indian missionaries.

5. How many people were in the front seat of the pickup?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dan say he sometimes imagines doing in revenge for the whites taking everything sacred to Indians?

2. To what was the monument at Wounded Knee dedicated?

3. What did Dan do each time he stopped on his walk around the fenced area?

4. How many times did Dan take a pinch of tobacco and offer it to the wind?

5. Where did Sitting Bull's people come from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Annie's yard and other things outside her house.

2. What was the advice Dan gave Nerburn in Chapter 12, "Welcome to Our Land"?

3. How do whites treat history of Lincoln differently than the history of Jesus?

4. What did Dan take out of his large bag four times during the time he circled the fenced area?

5. The monument at Wounded Knee was erected in memory of what?

6. Describe Annie's house.

7. What are some of the bad things the white men did to the Indians?

8. Describe what was in the bundle Grover took out of his trunk that he and Dan unwrapped in Chapter 12, "Welcome to Our Land"?

9. Describe Grover's drive to Annie's house in the beginning of Chapter 20.

10. Why was Thoreau mentioned in the conversation?

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